i’ll have some tea. it’s more refined.
when i travel, i pack my favorite tea bags. when i am in San Diego, i drink bottled water. when i am in Italy, i hope to drink only levissima water. hello my name is G and i am a supertaster. i have sensitive taste buds. i despise cilantro.
anyways, having stopped at my local supplier for my green tea, my bf and i decided to stop at one of our fave outdoor spots, bryant park. beginning to get chilly & thirsty, i thought hey let’s have some hot tea. spotted a coffee kiosk at the park & made my way to buy hot water for 2. 25 cents i was charged. case in point, travel with your own tea bags even if u don’t have supertaster strength. be thrifty in the city.
fur fridays.
i have had this vintage fur stole slash wrap slash capelet piece of goodness for awhile but had never worn it. i broke it out as the weather was crisp and heck it was friday.
not sure what type of fur it is, but if you can make it out in the photo there is a stripe pattern. stripes + fur = delicious.
oui oui.
picked up the pair of vintage bakelite like necklaces at a thrift store in BK. love the neutral colours - black, off white, army green and soft nude/pink - considering my favourite colours are black and camo. as soon as the sales person grabbed the necklaces from the glass case, i exclaimed, “i’ll take them.” 2 french girls were behind me, all up in my business and commented on how great the necklaces were. yes. yes they are.
happy birthday to me.
when my cousin called me to wish me a happy birthday, she asked me how i was going to spend my day. i replied with, firstly, a trip to the thrift store. my cousin, also my thrifting partner in crime, replied with, perfection, doing something you love to do.
this vintage coach pocketbook as mentioned in my previous post is part of my fall uniform. pocketbook. who talks like that? this bag is very structured and small and the handle fits perfectly nestled in my grip. i think calling it a pocketbook does it justice. this was a very last minute find. as i was paying for my other finds, i noticed this pocketbook hidden in the cashwrap glass case. the thrifting gods must have know it was my birthday.
anyways, last night it accompanied me to a bar. $3 drinks and under bar hooks that perfectly display my find. hmmmm, u think i can yelp the bar and give it 5 stars for their hooks?
brogues and oxfords and wingtips, oh my!
after months of searching numerous sites and even contemplating a trip to italy just to purchase a pair of authentic leather oxfords, my search ended at my stomping ground, my neighborhood thrift store.
the color, the leather, the heel. love, love and love. i was surprised to score such a find that day as i arrived 30 minutes past opening. spotted…a hipster with a full cart at the button down blouses and a japanese couple at the coats, i made my way to the shoe section and there this pretty pair lay. done.
these shoes, along with a gorgeous charcoal cape and a vintage coach handbag make up my fall uniform. fall in nyc. best time ever.
welcome home my little mustached friend.
he sits on my coffee table and makes me smile. not sure how to use this quirky find, but for now he holds matchbooks.
i hate milk.
but i love ebay. i have never really been into ebay until i had to buy a birthday gift for my gadget techie toy loving boyfriend. i got him this really cool passport polaroid camera, but i will save that for another day, another post.
anyways, my boyfriend got us a record player and we have been thrifting vinyls here and there ever since. tell you the truth, we had a collection of records before the record player. our collection had been propped up against my living room wall in 4 rows according to genre. can u imagine?!?! ughhhh, i had enough and started looking for storage and thought of those plastic milk crates that deejays used to transport their records from gig to gig. i went a little more rustic and industrial and scored the above vintage wooden, metal milk crate from ebay. love. unfortunately the vinyls only fit when you lay them diagonally. fail.
never rule out drawstring bags.
alexander wang refers to them as bucket bags, but i still call them drawstring bags.
leopard print + drawstring = pirate booty of a bag
memorial day sale at your local thrift store.
davidson star-d tripod. probably one of my priciest purchases, but it was love at first sight.
